Sued Into Oblivion? The Fight to Stop Louisiana’s SpaceX Spaceport
From AGR - Louisiana Edition · 41:51
Show by American Ground Radio
You’re listening to American Ground Radio with Louis R. Avallone and Stephen Parr. This is the full show for October 26, 2026.We start with Louisiana’s $100 billion SpaceX project and the lawsuit that could slow down the planned spaceport in Vermilion Parish. We talk about the open meetings claims, the “Project Osprey” code name, the roughly $24 billion tax exemption, the 3,000 promised jobs averaging $92,600 a year, and the $20 million up-front and $25 million annual payments in lieu of taxes. We also talk about the rumors of a Space Force Academy in New Orleans.In the Top 3 Things You Need to Know, we cover the Vermilion Parish suit and its challenge to the revived Industrial Development Board, Louisiana’s decision to take $350 million now from the Deepwater Horizon settlement, and Fitch’s upgrade of the state’s credit rating from AA- to AA.Then State Senator Alan Seabaugh joins us in studio to talk about his run for Caddo Parish District Attorney. We follow up on last week’s conversation with DA James Stewart and get into jury trial numbers, plea deals, the murder rate, and why inmates are sitting in the Caddo Correctional Center for years without a trial.We also look at Kim Jong-un’s surprise visit to China and why North Korea is looking for attention again. In Say What, we play former Labor Secretary Robert Reich’s call to nationalize SpaceX and Starlink and discuss why we think the idea would backfire. We take a look at Rep. Sarah McBride’s defense of Ilhan Omar and the federal search warrant, and ask what it means to call an allegation “disproven.”Then we play a game about which states have the most and least expensive gas, and the results line up along some clear lines. We close with the new federal charges against James Comey, the third case the DOJ has filed against him.Listen now wherever you get your podcasts, visit AmericanGroundRadio.com, and join the conversation at 866-AGR-1776.
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